<![CDATA[This study aims to analyze the denotative, connotative, and mythical meanings of both rituals using Roland Barthes’s semiotics, and compare the similarities and differences in cultural values through YouTube using a descriptive-comparative method. This study is driven by how communities historically view culture as a guide for life, especially through rituals. Tedhak Siten is a Javanese ritual performed when a baby reaches approximately seven or eight months of age (245 days) on the calendar, sharing philosophical parallels with Doljanchi, a South Korean ritual marking a child’s first birthday. The findings at the denotative level show that the Tedhak Siten video (Nikita Willy) depicts six stages: stepping on seven colors of jadah, climbing the wulung sugarcane ladder, stomping (ceker-ceker), washing feet, entering the chicken coop, and cutting tumpeng. Meanwhile, the Doljanchi (나도나도dodo) video focuses on thirteen material objects on the dolsang ritual table, such as myeongju-sil, baekseolgi, osaek seongpyeon, susu-pat-tteok, fruit, flowers, minari, obang hanji, five-colored thread, a gavel, a stethoscope, money, and a bow. The research revealed common philosophical meanings in three main aspects: the cultivation of strong resolve (antebing kalbu and obang hanji), self-reliance (ceker-ceker and money), and prediction of the future (chicken coop and doljabi). The difference lies in the symbolic medium: Tedhak Siten emphasizes the stages of the ritual, while Doljanchi conveys its message directly through material symbols placed on the dolsang table]]>
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